LAWN BOWLS

Takapuna’s Chris Taylor and his four of Marty Martinengo, Walter Howden and Dennis Hale were surprise winners of the North Harbour centre’s champion of champions title. The Taylor lineup had a 16-13 win in the final over a strong Helensville four skipped by Bart Robertson.

Taylor won his first centre title as long ago as 1991-92 in the Dick Bree triples and in recent years has been the winning skip in two championship fours events. Howden, a member of the successful Harbour one-to-eight representative side, gained his second centre title and for Martinengo and Hale, who is only a second year lawn bowler, it was their first. Manly defied most predictions by beating an-inform Browns Bay four skipped by Elaine McClintock to win the women’s final. In the one-to-eight championship fours Birkenhead’s Jimmy Heath, Daymon Pierson, Jerome Rusk and Stacey Munro won the final from Browns Bay.

RUGBY RESULTS

In week eight of the North Harbour premier 1 club rugby competition, Northcote edged Massey 23-22, Kumeu beat East Coast Bays 26-24, SIlverdale beat Marist 37-16, Glenfield beat Mahurangi 46-17 and Takapuna beat North Shore 41-8.

FOOTBALL RESULTS

In the NRFL premiership East Coast Bays lost 3-0 to Central United, Forrest Hill Milford beat Three Kings 5-2, Birkenhead United beat Eastern Suburbs 4-0, Glenfield Rovers beat Manurewa 3-2, Hibiscus Coast beat North Shore United 2-0 in first division. Albany drew 2-2 with Ngongotaha in second division and Takapuna lost 2-0 to Fencibles.